Virtual/augmented reality transition system and method
US9690374B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T19/006
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method of operating an audio visual system generating a virtual immersive experience may include an electronic user device in communication with a tracking device that may track a user's physical movement in a real world space and translate the tracked physical movement into corresponding movement in the virtual world generated by the user device. The system may detect when a user and the user device are approaching a boundary of a tracking area and automatically initiate a transition out of the virtual world and into the real world. A smooth, or graceful, transition between the virtual world and the real world as the user encounters this boundary may avoid disorientation which may occur as a user continues to move in the real world, while motion appears to have stopped upon reaching the tracking boundary.
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